Tag: Lula

The Family Allowance was created by Lula - Ubirajara Machado/MDS

Brazil Cuts 5 Million People from Its Popular Social Program Bolsa Família

Since de-facto Brazilian President Michel Temer took office in August 2016, a total of ...

Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate in Brazil

Meet President Hopeful Jair Bolsonaro. Brazilians Might Soon Have Their Own Trump

The Brazilian body politic is bruised and battered. President Michel Temer is crippled from ...

House representative Jair Bolsonaro (PSC-Rio de Janeiro) - Sérgio Lima/Poder360

2018, a Year of Elections and Populism in Brazil and Latin America

And the winner is… Nicolas Maduro. At the end of 2017, the president of ...

Petition by Intellectuals in Brazil Says Presidential Elections Without Lula Would Be Fraud

“Election without Lula is fraud” is the manifesto being promoted by intellectuals and artists ...

Marina Silva 2 - Wikimedia Commons

Marina Silva Announces She’s Running for the Fourth Time for President of Brazil

Marina Silva, Brazil’s third most popular candidate in the past three presidential elections, has ...

Lula and the masses - Photo: Ricardo Stuckert

Brazilians Can’t Decide: Half Want Lula as President and the Other Half Want Him in Jail

Half of Brazilians want former President Lula da Silva to win next year’s election ...

Lula wearing a typical hat from Brazil's Northeast - Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/Instituto Lula

If He Doesn’t Go to Jail and People Don’t Change Their Mind, Lula Will Be Brazil’s Next President

Despite being sentenced to nine years and six months over alleged corruption charges in ...

Lula visits MST's encampment in Jandaíra - Photo: Ricardo Stuckert

Once Again Defiant Lula Calls Judge Biased and Says Charges Against Him Are a Witch Hunt

Former President Lula da Silva told a Brazilian court on Wednesday that the corruption ...